Dental Services: Fees and Charges
(asked on 8th December 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total number of fines issued for incorrectly claiming an exemption on NHS dental fees in each of the last ten years for which figures are available.
The following table shows the total number of fines issued for incorrectly claiming an exemption from National Health Service dental charges in each of the last ten years.
Financial Year (April - March) | Total number of fines |
2007-08 | 1,975 |
2008-09 | 3,394 |
2009-10 | 4,119 |
2010-11 | 7,065 |
2011-12 | 8,392 |
2012-13 | 33,887 |
2013-14 | 57,031 |
2014-15 | 196,154 |
2015-16 | 192,087 |
2016-17 | 365,181 |
Source: NHS Business Services Authority
Note:
During the period covered in the table above, both the scope and volume of checking has increased significantly.